Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 68
the time of Saturns revolution, 24,594_3_ the number of days in his year.] 2§0. What effect has the Rotary] motion of the planets upontheir form or figure 1 The centrifugal force produced thereby causes themto swell out at their respective equators, and to contractat their poles; thus giving them… … [1. When fluids are left free to yield to the 1N revolution. influence of attraction, as mutually existing be-tween their particles, they invariably assume aspherical form. Hence water, in falling fromthe clouds, takes the form of spherical drops;and melted lead, thrown from the top of a…
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